Name: Josh Stewart
Rank: 350
Position: P
Years With White Sox: 2003-2004
Josh Stewart was a 5th round draft choice of the White Sox in 1999 and made his major league debut on April 6, 2003 against the Tigers. He compiled 8 appearances over his two seasons with the White Sox and was ultimately released in June of 2005, never making it back to the major leagues.
Stewart’s numbers in a White Sox uniform, both for games I attended and overall, were:
Name: Kelly Paris
Rank: 351
Position: 3B
Year With White Sox: 1988
Kelly Paris was originally acquired by the White Sox following the 1983 season when he was purchased from the Reds. However, he was then released during spring training. He was resigned following the 1987 season and made it into 14 games with the big league club, the last of his major league career, before shattering his elbow in a collision with Detroit’s Tom Brookens.
There was one surprising quirk to Paris’ time in Chicago. Prior to 1988, Paris had 168 career at bats and totaled 0 home runs and 8 RBI. In 44 at bats with the White Sox before his injury in 1988, Paris blasted 3 home runs and drove in 6 runs.
Paris’s numbers in a White Sox uniform were:
Exactly six months ago, I looked into my crystal ball and tried to predict the outcomes of the upcoming baseball season. Now that the season has come to an end, and half of my predicted divison winners are headed home instead of the playoffs, let’s take a look back at how things unfolded.
East: Yankees
The Yankees went down to the wire, not with the Red Sox as expected, but with the surprising Orioles.
Central: Tigers
After picking up free agent Prince Fielder, the Tigers were expected to run away with the Central division. Instead, they underachieved much of the season and battled the overachieving White Sox for most of the season. However, a late season collapse by the White Sox offense helped the Tigers take the division.
West: Angels
The Angels just may have been the biggest disappointment in the league this year. After dropping over $330 million in one day on Albert Pujols and C.J. Wilson, the Angels were expected to be at the top of the heap this year. Unfortunately, things just did not work out and, even with the addition of rookie of the year shoo-in Mike Trout, the Angels were unable to make a serious run and finished in third place, behind the surging A’s, who swept the Rangers in the last series of the season to take the division title.
Wild Cards: Rays, Rangers
The Orioles and the Rangers will face off in the first wild card play-in game.
Another disappointing season comes to an end today. The White Sox, who spent 126 days in first place, sputtered through September and dropped to second place. The Cubs managed to lose 100 games for the first time since 1966.
| TeamCity | TeamName | Won | Loss | Winning Pctg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | Nationals | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Colorado | Rockies | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Kansas City | Royals | 1 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Boston | Red Sox | 2 | 1 | 0.667 |
| Tampa Bay | Rays | 2 | 1 | 0.667 |
| Chicago | White Sox | 18 | 13 | 0.581 |
| Oakland | A’s | 1 | 1 | 0.500 |
| Houston | Astros | 1 | 1 | 0.500 |
| Toronto | Blue Jays | 1 | 1 | 0.500 |
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The Twins sweep the double header from the Tigers, which keeps the White Sox lead at 1 game despite getting swept themselves by the Angels and losing 5 games in a row.
The Tigers dropped game 1 of their day-night doubleheader against the Twins, pushing the White Sox lead in the division back to 1 game and the magic number down to 11.
The magic number drops to 12 as the Tigers fell to the A’s this afternoon 12-4. The White Sox can chop another number off, and increase their lead back to 3 games, with a victory over the Royals tonight.
After a shaky first, Gavin Floyd settled down and held the Royals in check and the White Sox, behind solo home runs from Alejandro de Aza, Gordon Beckham, and Alex Rios, protected their 3 game lead and topped KC 3-2.
In Detroit, the Tigers thumped the A’s 12-2 despite an early exit from Max Scherzer due to a shoulder issue.
With today’s 5-4 comeback win over the Tigers, the White Sox expanded their AL Central lead to 3 games and lowered their magic number to 14 with 16 to play.
The White Sox head to Kansas City for a 3 game set with the Royals while the Tigers head home to face the playoff-bound A’s.
A White Sox sweep against the Twins and the Tigers blowing a ninth inning lead against the Indians reduces the magic number down to 16. Thanks to last week’s rainout, the Tigers and the White Sox will meet for the final time this season today at 1:10.